Pocahontas County
Fifty West Virginia Counties Improved Attendance; Pocahontas Fell 1.4 Points
West Virginia has 55 county school systems. Fifty reported higher attendance rates in 2024-25 than in 2021-22. Five did not. Pocahontas County had the largest shortfall.
16 West Virginia Counties Have Recovered Pre-COVID Attendance; 15 More on Three-Year Improvement Streaks
Tucker County added 1.74 percentage points to its attendance rate between 2018-19 and 2024-25. Morgan County lost 3.22 points over the same period. Both are small, rural, overwhelmingly white counties...
Two West Virginia County Systems Have Declined for 15 Straight Years
> Correction: An earlier version incorrectly counted Pocahontas County among three systems with 15 straight annual declines and used stale statewide and county values. The current published 2011-2026 ...